Michael Tilson Thomas’s 80 th birthday celebration on April 26 was preceded by an understated protest by the orchestra’s musicians, who have been engaged in a tense contract tug-of-war with management since November of 2022. The … » Read

LONDON—Spring is in the air in London and so is orchestral music courtesy of Multitudes, the ten-day multidisciplinary arts festival at the Southbank Centre. Underway since April 23, the event is presenting nine orchestras, many of them SBC … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra is updating its conducting team next season, as Associate Conductor Daniel Reith ends his three-year term and is succeeded by Taichi Fukumura as assistant conductor , while James Feddeck becomes principal conductor and … » Read

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra and the Wichita Musicians’ Association, Local No. 297 of the American Federation of Musicians, have agreed to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. It takes effect on July 1, 2025 and extends … » Read

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— What transpired in Sioux Falls last weekend was a testament to the power of words. In 2022, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross praised the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) as “bolder and savvier in its … » Read

On April 29, three days after the season’s final concert, the Southwest Florida Symphony (SFS) announced it was closing permanently at the end of June. The 64-year-old organization, comprised of 70 musicians (whose contract does not provide … » Read

A gift from David and Amy Fulton and The Tuscan Corporation has enabled the Library of Congress to add the historic 1690 Tuscan-Medici viola by Antonio Stradivari to its world-renowned instrument collection. Valued at about $30 million and … » Read

In 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving, a Black woman and a White man, went to Washington, D.C. to get married and then returned to their home north of Richmond. Their act of union broke two Virginia laws, one forbidding out-of-state travel for … » Read

Orchestrators often work in the shadows of composers, directors, and other creatives. American Theatre dug into just what’s involved in orchestration in a conversation with two of today’s most successful practitioners—Doug … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—On a night that began with baby pictures and ended with a balloon drop, San Francisco Symphony’s cherished former Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas got a farewell send-off on April 26 at a packed Davies Symphony Hall. … » Read